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CPS students protested in favor of mask mandate
Students returned from winter break last week after the Columbia Board of Education voted for the mask mandate to end Jan. 4.
Continue ReadingStudents returned from winter break last week after the Columbia Board of Education voted for the mask mandate to end Jan. 4.
Continue ReadingRoad crews with Jefferson City Public Works and Columbia Public Works are putting their plans in place to get the cities roads cleared as fast as possible.
Continue ReadingEach district announced the changes in letters to parents and news releases Thursday.
Continue ReadingLong lines form daily outside MU Health Care’s central COVID-19 testing site on Broadway.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department has confirmed one person was shot in the 1000 block of Claudell Lane late Wednesday night.
Continue ReadingThe value of a car went up in the past year causing a personal property tax increase for car owners in Missouri.
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Treasurer has turned in his resignation after six and half years as treasurer.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Columbia will decide the outcome of two city council races and the mayoral race in April. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the city clerk’s office shared the final list of candidates for the April 5 election. The candidates had until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to file their paperwork with Columbia.
Continue ReadingColumbia Parks and Recreation confirmed with ABC 17 News that American Airlines is set to reduce the number of flights out of Columbia Regional Airport beginning in February.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The state of Missouri is putting a pause on a program that provides rapid COVID-19 tests to schools across the state. Mallory McGowin Spokeswomen for The State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says, “We now have depleted the limited quantity, the limited inventory that was set aside for schools.” Hundreds of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large law enforcement presence is in south Columbia. Police are looking in a field near Grindstone Parkway and Rock Quarry Road where an ABC 17 news crew says a perimeter has been set up. An ABC 17 News crew can see a police dog and a drone was helping search the area. Both
Continue ReadingStarting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans.
Continue ReadingBoard members met virtually at 8 a.m. to talk and vote on the recommendations from President Mun Choi. The board voted the first recommendation down with 3 to 6. Board members voted 2 to 7 against the second recommendation.
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a house fire in central Columbia early on Tuesday morning is under investigation. Firefighters responded to the home in the 1500 block of Stone Street near the Business Loop around 3 a.m. Firefighters said smoke was found coming from the back of the home. Crews found the fire in
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri System Board of Curators declined to change its COVID-19 protocols amid a spike in the number of positive COVID-19 cases among MU students. On Monday morning, the board members released an agenda for the immediate review of the system’s COVID-19 protocols. During the 8 a.m. meeting Tuesday, MU
Continue ReadingAt the Columbia Public Schools Board of Education meeting Monday night, the board members plan to vote on adding an $80 million bond issue to the City of Columbia’s April ballot.
Continue ReadingA Boone County prosecutor has charged a Columbia man with multiple crimes after a New Year’s Day shooting near Silverball bar.
Continue ReadingMissouri is seeing a larger share of fully vaccinated or previously infected people getting the coronavirus amid a surge powered by the more transmissible omicron variant.
Continue ReadingSchool is back in session for districts around Mid-Missouri, but the return to classrooms has coincided with a meteoric rise in new coronavirus infections, causing at least one area school to hold remote classes and creating worries among some parents.
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